Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-14

w. with his band Of navigstors to in
En- pirate mis- greet maratime canal, Their
~ss nothing but q desolate bank OF san'
, "a1 the Mediterranean Sea and tn
49," '.,r,v sbslloWs of Lake Menzaleh; AM
s s"" ~ +sa iIlustriOus engineer selected TIT
e e..n ~ :. CITY snd port, intended ulti'
SI.s TO rival those ofAlexandria.
m1 :. !: renowned for its Cafes chsntantl
- its swindling roulette tables, and has
az" g.. no ssnects Of g French rather than 81
@ o. nj towns, with its regularly laid
L s. streets and squares, quays, hotels
W. u5 other sdiuncts that are European;
Srd though it lacked wholly the pictur
osCneness of the towns and cities of the
& Naifs snd Me Valley to the eye OF Ions
doIa ne could not but remember that tC
No stsrbosrd of the steamer lay the LAND
- tbo Csliphs and the Arabisn Nights.
rbere opce were magic palaces, whose
Lest decorations were ala 0aster sofas
nyarIqid with golden embroideries, and
8 soors of which the mosaics were d!a-
-ronds. rubies and other precious stones.
And there, at Port Said, as he stood on
.ba noop. looking at the hustle and the
rondrous scene around him, all CULVER
;rg snd vibrating under O scorching
ESyptisn sur, L2Gsd2la and his compan-
ions could see, before native cafe, three
i Gbswszl girls, clad IN scarlet spangled
jackets, with loose thin trousers Of pur-
ME and gold, their head dresses Of coins,
their girdles of jingling beads and anu
lets. Isnguidly performing the Balance
Dsnce-every step and gesture of which
was no doubt as old the as days ofthe Pha-
rsobs, and additionally handed down
their slender, girlish forms palpitsting,
from their glossy tresses to their pretty
bsrefeet, always in dreamy and passion
ate attitudes; yet performed in this pro-
i sale age for couple Of francs and bot
tie of AIlsopp's pale ale.
But now LOnsdale, on going below for
his binoculars, found himself suddenly
fsce to face with fair performer of
another kind.
A firt to the last moment, when the
time came for Hilda Tremayne going
ashore in her fathers temporary care, on
encountering Lonsdale in the after part
of the empty saloon, as all else were on
deck, she approached him with something
like tears in her coquettish eyes, and GER
tsinly break in her musical voice as she
said
"Gocd-bye; Captain Lonsdale-good-
bye Montague"
He took her prOffered hand, but saw in
moment thst With tender and cent?
mental gsze in her eyes, she sought to
lead him Onto lure him-tO somewhat
formal sdIeu; and for the moment g COM
iCsl desire to take little fun out of the
sTtful girl, possessed him-but without q
thought OF treason to MelanieITalbot.
He put his head on one side sens-
mentally-sighed little, and kissed her
hand; sid then with swift glance round
10 see that no other eyes we're upon her,
she reclined her cheek upon his shoulder,
gave him tender upward glance, and
dropped her full white eyelids.
Most young fellows in LonsdSle's place
would have kissed the sorroWfuI and de-
parting Hilda; but he thought of Melanie
and omitted to do SO, even in a spirit of
fun.
The situation, il it had its charm, was
not accepted, though when fsir one so
reclines her head In expectancy, there is
charm in its remaining thus until g sa-
Lutte Is given or an interruption takes
p!Lce; and whatever Hild8 thought of
Lonsdsle's proceedings, or rather nom
proceedings, be held her there in some
perDeXity till there was @ rattle at the
saloon door, in the break of the poop, and
hoSrse voice, sounding above the med
ley OF noises On deck, cried:
NOW then, anyone here for shore?"
And tnnn NTH ,k h.
pressure only-they parted.
But L0nsdale and Melanie had not
quite heard the last of Hilda Tremayne.
Thirty miles further eastward saw the
great liner passing Ell Ksntara and en-
tering the Bitter Lakes, and ere long her
course was overlooked by the land Of the
koc, the fabulous monster bird of orien-
1ai isles, and where, in the distance,
could De seen the CARAVANS Of cameis,
laden With the riches of Araby the Blest;
lor Suez had been left astern-Suez amid
us desert, with sll it's huts and houses Of
sun-dried bricks, its Mosques and Greek
cauFcA-And now the Psgsdo was plow-
ing the waves OF the Red Ses, and Ions
1a!e hsd dispatched for Europe the last
letters he could send till he reached the
shores Of India.
low long would it be now ere he could
near in reply from Melanie2
as the Psgods steamed on amid the
waters OF that remarkable sea, which is
sac 10 take its name from the petroleum
VI minute brightIred plant, according to
nuremberg, who tells US that he saw from
4or, near Mount Sinai, the whole bay of
"nlch that village is the port, scarlet as
blood, the open sea keeping its ordinary
colour, while the wavelets carried in
snofe at noon purple matter snd left it
ou the sand, so that The whole bay was
I[lnged by red, which, on examination,
proved to consist of myriAds of tiny fbres
the red odesmian-though the Wa
VeF II which they hosted was pure-so,
as the ship sped on her way, the por-
posses tumbled ahead, and occasionally
tAe locusts blown on board-Lopsdale
Snu Montressor often trod the deck to-
setner, especially by night, sometimes in
suehce and sometimes communing to-
seaneri for the place was suggestive of
tenectlon to every thoughtful mind.
Hondrous, ever and anon, was the
!!'u[lo, yet CHASTITY, effect of the electric
tlsht IS 1t was shot from the ships lofty
.ofetop for three miles ahead searching
tAe Egyptian Sea as warning to craft
inst might be steaming westward; while
o1 the port side lowered Mount Sinai,
MLere man was brought t~ce % face
WIN ais Maker, where 8 voice came on
eae Wings Of the wind, and the inscribed
q sao 5s Of stone were seen in that time Of
wonder aud ave.
bSfe and msiesticslly towers Sinai
aooVe as comrades OF the mountain
LeoseI ana when the rsys Of the morning
S Sou 20 It's summit with red light, the
sahoy gorges beneath REMAIN in purple
o.is Silent, calm .@nd still, untrodden
ssel by Wild goSt; and then-but it
nay W 1aEcY-a sfr6nnn rsdiSnca seems